Lock plate and Hasp
third quarter of 16th century
Object PlaceRome, Italy
Medium/TechniqueGilt brass and iron
Dimensions18 x 17.5 cm (7 1/16 x 6 7/8 in.)
Credit LinePartial gift of Mr. and Mrs. Nereo Fioratti and Museum purchase with the H. E. Bolles Fund
Accession number1986.8
On View
On viewClassificationsMetalwork
Collections
ProvenanceBy 1876, Boston Athenaeum, Boston (no. M 662); February 18, 1977, Boston Athenaeum and others sale, Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, lot 53, to Nereo and Helen Fioratti, New York; 1986, sold by Nereo and Helen Fioratti to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 22, 1986)
about 1580–1600
second half of 7th century
second half of 15th century (?)
about 1780
about 1780
18th century
about 1720
about 1825
1760–90
1760–90